The First Book Of Farming

About this eBook

Author

Goodrich, C. L. (Charles Landon), 1859-

Title

The First Book of Farming

Credits

Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Agriculture

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16900

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16900

Release Date

October 18, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The First Book of Farming — The First Book of Farming — By
2. 2.CHARLES L. GOODRICH — Illustrated
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — PART I — General Principles Underlying Plant Culture — PART II — Soil Fertility As Affected By Farm Operations And Farm Practices
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.Part I — General Principles Underlying Plant Culture
7. 7.THE FIRST BOOK OF FARMING — Part I — General Principles Underlying Plant Culture — CHAPTER I ToC — Introduction to Plants — CHAPTER II ToC — Roots — USES OF ROOTS TO PLANTS — HABIT OF GROWTH OF ROOTS — CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR ROOT GROWTH — CHAPTER III ToC — Soils — RELATION OF SOIL TO PLANTS — CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS — HOW WERE SOILS MADE? — SOIL TEXTURE — CHAPTER IV ToC — Relation of Soils to Water — IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO PLANTS — SOURCES OF SOIL WATER — ATTITUDE OF THE SOILS TOWARDS WATER — THE EFFECT OF WORKING SOILS WHEN WET — CHAPTER V ToC — Forms of Soil Water — FREE WATER — CAPILLARY WATER — FILM WATER — CHAPTER VI ToC — Loss of Soil Water — LOSS OF SOIL WATER AND MEANS OF CHECKING THE LOSS — CHAPTER VII ToC — Soil Temperature — HOW SOILS ARE WARMED — HOW SOILS LOSE HEAT — CONDITIONS WHICH INFLUENCE SOIL TEMPERATURE — VALUE OF ORGANIC MATTER — CHAPTER VIII ToC — Plant Food in the Soil — CHAPTER IX ToC — Seeds — CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR SEEDS TO SPROUT — SEED TESTING — HOW THE SEEDS COME UP — USE OF COTYLEDONS AND ENDOSPERM — CHAPTER X ToC — Seed Planting — HOW DEEP SHOULD SEEDS BE PLANTED? — SEED CLASSIFICATION — TRANSPLANTING — CHAPTER XI ToC — Spading and Plowing — SPADING THE SOIL — PLOWING — WHY DO WE SPADE AND PLOW? — PARTS OF A PLOW — CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PLOW — THE FURROW SLICE — HOW DEEP SHALL WE PLOW? — BREAKING OUT THE MIDDLES — THROWING THE LAND UP IN RIDGES — TIME TO PLOW — BARE FALLOW — CHAPTER XII ToC — Harrowing and Rolling — HARROWING — HARROWS — ROLLING — CHAPTER XIII ToC — Leaves — FACTS ABOUT LEAVES — THE USES OF LEAVES TO PLANTS — HOW THE WORK OF SOME LEAVES IS INTERFERED WITH — CHAPTER XIV ToC — Stems — WHAT ARE STEMS FOR? — HOW THE WORK OF THE STEM MAY BE INTERFERED WITH — CHAPTER XV ToC — Flowers — FUNCTION OR USE OF FLOWERS TO PLANTS — PARTS OF A FLOWER — FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS OF THE FLOWERS — VALUE OF A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLOWER — FRUIT
8. 8.Part II — Soil Fertility as Affected by Farm Operations and Farm Practices — CHAPTER XVI ToC — A Fertile Soil — PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL — BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL — NITROGEN-FIXING GERMS — NITRIFYING GERMS — DENITRIFYING GERMS — CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A FERTILE SOIL — MAINTENANCE OF FERTILITY — CHAPTER XVII ToC — Soil Water — IMPORTANCE OF SOIL WATER — NECESSITY OF SOIL WATER — SOURCES AND FORMS OF SOIL WATER — TOO MUCH WATER — NOT ENOUGH WATER — LOSS OF SOIL WATER — HOW SOME FARM OPERATIONS INFLUENCE SOIL WATER — HOEING, RAKING, HARROWING, AND CULTIVATING — MANURES AND SOIL WATER — METHODS OF CROPPING AND SOIL WATER — SELECTION OF CROPS WITH REFERENCE TO SOIL WATER — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — THE AFTER-CULTIVATION OF CROPS — LOSS OF WATER BY EVAPORATION — LOSS OF WATER THROUGH WEEDS — SAVING THE WATER — TIME TO CULTIVATE — TOOLS FOR AFTER-CULTIVATION — HILLING AND RIDGING — CHAPTER XIX ToC — Farm Manures — FUNCTIONS OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS — CLASSIFICATION OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS — IMPORTANCE OF FARM MANURES — BARN OR STABLE MANURE — LOSS OF VALUE — CHECKING THE LOSSES — APPLYING THE MANURE TO THE SOIL — PROPER CONDITION OF MANURE WHEN APPLIED — COMPOSTS — CHAPTER XX ToC — Farm Manures—concluded — GREEN-CROP MANURES — BENEFITS — CHARACTER OF BEST PLANTS FOR GREEN CROP MANURING — THE TIME FOR GROWING GREEN MANURE CROPS — LEGUMINOUS GREEN MANURE CROPS — NON-LEGUMINOUS GREEN MANURE PLANTS — CHAPTER XXI ToC — Commercial Fertilizers — THE RAW MATERIALS — SOURCES OF NITROGEN — SOURCES OF PHOSPHORIC ACID — SOURCES OF POTASH — LIME — CHAPTER XXII ToC — Commercial Fertilizers—continued — MIXED FERTILIZERS — VALUATION — LOW GRADE MIXTURES — BUY ON THE PLANT FOOD BASIS — CHAPTER XXIII ToC — Commercial Fertilizers—Concluded — THE HOME MIXING OF FERTILIZERS — KIND AND AMOUNT TO BUY — THE CROP — THE SOIL — SYSTEM OF FARMING — TESTING THE SOIL — CHAPTER XXIV ToC — The Rotation of Crops — SYSTEMS OF CROPPING — THE ONE CROP SYSTEM — THE ROTATION OF CROPS — BENEFITS DERIVED FROM ROTATION OF CROPS — THE TYPICAL ROTATION — CONDITIONS WHICH MODIFY THE ROTATION — GENERAL RULES — LENGTH OF THE ROTATION — CHAPTER XXV ToC — Farm Drainage — HOW SURPLUS WATER AFFECTS FERTILITY — INDICATIONS OF A NEED OF DRAINAGE — DRAINS — INFLUENCE OF COVERED OR UNDER DRAINS ON FERTILITY — LOCATION OF DRAINS — GLOSSARY — INDEX

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